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Please read the Etiquette section as well as this page as it shows you how to report offensive posts and gives the guidelines on what is classed as an offensive post!

If you ever become lost in the forums, you can always click the link at the top of every page (including this one) which says Main Forum List.

Phorum Code

This forum allows you to use some codes in your posts to help format your messages.  Most of the codes are entered using square brackets, ie: [ ]
Example Result
[center] This text is central  [/center] This text is central
[b]bold text[/b] bold text
[i]italic text[/i] italic text
[u]Underlined text[/u] Underlined text
[s]strikeout text[/s] strikeout text
[hr]Horizontal Lines[hr]
Horizontal Lines
You can write [faint]Faint[/faint] text You can write Faint text
You can write [blue]Blue[/blue] text You can write Blue text
You can write [red]Red[/red] text You can write Red text
You can write [green]Green[/green] text You can write Green text
You can write [purple]Purple[/purple] text You can write Purple text
You may like to write Chinese characters bigger so they can be seen clearly.
(In fact, this is especially appreciated by beginners as we find it hard to recognise small characters!)
[big]你好﹗[/big] 你好﹗
[bigger]你好﹗[/bigger] 你好﹗
[small]Small text![/small] Small text!
You can make your Chinese characters appear in an artistic script font (people who ask for tattoo translations especially appreciate this tag)
However, you need to download and install the free AR PL KaitiM Big5 font in order to see the difference!
[arty]你好﹗[/arty] 你好!
Images may be inserted into your posts:(remember to include the full http:// address)
[img]http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/images/speech.gif[/img]
Hyperlinks may be added in three ways: (remember to include the full http:// address)
[url]http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk[/url] http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk
[url=http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]My website[/url] My website
<http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk> http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk
Email addresses may be added like this:
[email]mail@youraddress.com[/email] mail@youraddress.com
There are some emoticons (smilies) you can use

Smiles, happiness and joy
:) :cool: :D
;) :smug: :p
:biggrin: :love: :notworthy:
:angel: :thumbup: :turtlesmile:
:clap: n_n (*n_n*)
^_^ XD :clap2:
:evil: :demon: :evil2:
:good: :cheers: :haha:

Not happy at all!
:( :thumbdown: :ill:
:bawling: :no: :rolleyes:

Miscellaneous Smileys
:blush: :smileblush: :confused:
:scared: :shocked: :eek:
:hungry: :hungry2: :heart:
:idea: :nerd: :mmmm:
:dilemma: :sleeping: :read:
:lecture: :bath: :boohoo:
:sweat: :technicalproblems: :idea2:
:iamwithstupid: :ninja: :ninja2:
:turtlesmile: :samurai: :samuraifight:

Anger, exasperation and vex!
:angry: :headbang: :mad:
:cursing: :soapbox: 　

Membership

You can become a member of the forums by clicking the "Login" link on each page and then choosing to register.  Alternatively you can register here.  Membership is free and we will never give your details to anybody else.  Benefits of becoming a member include:

  • Convenience - the forums will remember your name once you have logged in.
  • Usefulness - registered members have access to features such as the ability to edit their posts.
  • Community - by joining the site you help it grow and motivate us to keep improving it - in effect it is a way of saying "thanks for running this website, I like it and will keep visiting".
  • Fun - once you are a member you can edit your profile to add signatures to your post, display a picture in your profile and more.
  • Multi-lingual - you can choose your preferred language for the forums.  Simply go to your user profile and choose from Chinese, German, French and more (if your favoured language is not supported please let me know and I will try and install it).  Warning - don't choose a language unless you are confident you can read it as you may not be able to work out how to put it back to English!

Quoting previous posts and Threaded / Flat views

Threaded views allow you to see exactly which messages have been replied to.  As conversations go off at various tangents it can be useful to use threaded view to avoid becoming confused!  Having said that, most people browse using flat view.

The main advantage of using threaded view is that you get a new button which says "Quote".  This allows you to insert the previous post into your reply which is useful when responding in detail.

　

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